Leopoldina Ross
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Leopoldina Ross Davyes |
| Nationality |  Guinea-Bissau |
| Born | 20 June 1976 Bissau, Guinea-Bissau |
| Height | Lua error in Module:Convert at line 1851: attempt to index local 'en_value' (a nil value). |
| Weight | 48 kg (106 lb) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Wrestling |
| Style | Freestyle |
| Club | Wrestling Club of Sportschool |
| Coach | Alberto Pereira |
Leopoldina Ross Davyes (born June 20, 1976 in Bissau) is an amateur Guinea-Bissauan freestyle wrestler, who competed in the women's flyweight category.[1] Ross captured a gold medal in the same division at the 2000 African Wrestling Championships, and later represented Guinea-Bissau at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where she became the nation's flag bearer in the opening ceremony.[2] During her sporting career, she has been training for the Wrestling Club of Sportschool in Bissau under her personal coach Alberto Pereira.
Ross qualified for her Guinea-Bissau squad in the women's 48 kg class at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by receiving a continental berth from the African Championships in Cairo, Egypt.[3] She received two straight losses and no classification points in a preliminary pool match against France's Angélique Berthenet and Mongolia's Tsogtbazaryn Enkhjargal, finishing thirteenth overall out of fourteen wrestlers.[4]
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